Enabling Search Engine Friendly (SEF) URLs on IIS/IIS6/1.5 - Revision history

Wist: Code correction: added a slash to "RewriteRule .* index.php" line

2011-08-21T06:45:08Z

Code correction: added a slash to "RewriteRule .* index.php" line

Mvangeest: moved IIS6 and SEF URLs using Joomla 1.5x to Enabling Search Engine Friendly (SEF) URLs on IIS/IIS6/1.5: Adapted page title to the continuous tense used in most tutorial titles.

2011-06-09T14:44:49Z

moved IIS6 and SEF URLs using Joomla 1.5x to Enabling Search Engine Friendly (SEF) URLs on IIS/IIS6/1.5: Adapted page title to the continuous tense used in most tutorial titles.

Mvangeest: Adjusted link

2011-06-09T11:41:00Z

Adjusted link

Mvangeest: Adjusted category

2011-06-08T21:19:32Z

Adjusted category

G1smd: Typo.

2011-03-07T17:41:23Z

Typo.

G1smd: Typo.

2011-03-07T17:40:47Z

Typo.

G1smd: Find the period once then pattern match from that point on. The html|htm pattern simplifies to html? here. Old code matched "/" in two places. Only one is needed.

2011-03-07T17:39:56Z

Find the period once then pattern match from that point on. The html|htm pattern simplifies to html? here. Old code matched "/" in two places. Only one is needed.

Mvangeest: Added category

2011-01-08T18:17:57Z

Added category

Chris Davenport: Added categorisation.

2010-10-06T06:40:31Z

Added categorisation.

AmyStephen at 17:51, 18 June 2008

2008-06-18T17:51:39Z

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
-RewriteRule .* index.php
+RewriteRule .* /index.php
 </source>

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:41, 9 June 2011
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−	There are several steps one must take to get [[~~SEO~~\|Search Engine Friendly (SEF)]] ~~URLs~~ to work properly when using Joomla! on Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) web servers. The following instructions should result in functional SEF URLs using Joomla! 1.5 and IIS6. The only caveat is that you need access to the server itself to install the ISAPI filter in step 1, so either you should be hosting your own server (not shared) or leasing a dedicated server from your web host. If you're using shared hosting, you will have to convince your web host to install it for you.	+	There are several steps one must take to get [[Search Engine Friendly URLs\|Search Engine Friendly (SEF) URLs]] to work properly when using Joomla! on Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) web servers. The following instructions should result in functional SEF URLs using Joomla! 1.5 and IIS6. The only caveat is that you need access to the server itself to install the ISAPI filter in step 1, so either you should be hosting your own server (not shared) or leasing a dedicated server from your web host. If you're using shared hosting, you will have to convince your web host to install it for you.

	1) Install an ISAPI filter onto the web server that mimics mod_rewrite. There are several, some may be free but most are commercial applications. The important thing to remember is that it must mimic Apache's mod_rewrite. For example, [http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/ Helicon's ISAPI_Rewrite 3] is commercial. There is a [http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/doc/litever.htm free version] of the program which is limited in that it only allows a single configuration for all sites hosted on the server. To get individual site or directory configurations, you must pay for the full version.		1) Install an ISAPI filter onto the web server that mimics mod_rewrite. There are several, some may be free but most are commercial applications. The important thing to remember is that it must mimic Apache's mod_rewrite. For example, [http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/ Helicon's ISAPI_Rewrite 3] is commercial. There is a [http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/doc/litever.htm free version] of the program which is limited in that it only allows a single configuration for all sites hosted on the server. To get individual site or directory configurations, you must pay for the full version.

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 At this point you should have a working Joomla! install utilising SEF URL's.
 [[Category:IIS]]
-[[Category:Search Engine Optimization]]
+[[Category:Search Engine Friendly URLs]]

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 <source lang="apache">
 RewriteEngine On
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/[^.]*|\.(html?|php|))$  [NC]
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/[^.]*|\.(html?|php))$  [NC]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
-RewriteRule (.*) index.php
+RewriteRule .* index.php
 </source>

@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 ) Create a new file at the root of the Joomla! site called .htaccess and place the following in that file:
-<source lang="text">
+<source lang="apache">
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.htm|\.php|\.html|/[^.]*)$  [NC]
@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 ) Put the following after the opening '''<?php''' tag in Joomla!'s main index.php file:
-    <source lang="php">
+<source lang="php">
-    if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REWRITE_URL']))
+if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REWRITE_URL']))
-−
+{
      $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REWRITE_URL'];
-−
+}
-    </source>
+ </source>
 ) Enter a value for $live_site in Joomla!'s configuration.php file:
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      <source lang="php">var $live_site = 'http://www.example.com/site1';</source>
-) In Joomla!'s Global Configuration page, check the boxes next to all three SEF options and save the configuration, OR install a 3rd-party SEF component and enable it ([http://www.smartsef.org/ SmartSEF] is known to work with this configuration).
+) In Joomla!'s Global Configuration page, check the boxes next to all three SEF options and save the configuration, OR install a 3rd-party SEF component and enable it ([http://www.smartsef.org/SmartSEF] is known to work with this configuration).
 At this point you should have a working Joomla! install utilising SEF URL's.
 [[Category:IIS]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:40, 6 October 2010
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	At this point you should have a working Joomla! install utilising SEF URL's.		At this point you should have a working Joomla! install utilising SEF URL's.
		+	[[Category:IIS]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:51, 18 June 2008
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−	There ~~is a known problem getting~~ [[SEO\|Search Engine Friendly (SEF)]] URLs to work properly when using Joomla! on Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) web servers. The following instructions should result in functional SEF URLs using Joomla! 1.5 and IIS6. The only caveat is that you need access to the server itself to install the ISAPI filter in step 1, so either you should be hosting your own server (not shared) or leasing a dedicated server from your web host. If you're using shared hosting, you will have to convince your web host to install it for you.	+	There are several steps one must take to get [[SEO\|Search Engine Friendly (SEF)]] URLs to work properly when using Joomla! on Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) web servers. The following instructions should result in functional SEF URLs using Joomla! 1.5 and IIS6. The only caveat is that you need access to the server itself to install the ISAPI filter in step 1, so either you should be hosting your own server (not shared) or leasing a dedicated server from your web host. If you're using shared hosting, you will have to convince your web host to install it for you.

	1) Install an ISAPI filter onto the web server that mimics mod_rewrite. There are several, some may be free but most are commercial applications. The important thing to remember is that it must mimic Apache's mod_rewrite. For example, [http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/ Helicon's ISAPI_Rewrite 3] is commercial. There is a [http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/doc/litever.htm free version] of the program which is limited in that it only allows a single configuration for all sites hosted on the server. To get individual site or directory configurations, you must pay for the full version.		1) Install an ISAPI filter onto the web server that mimics mod_rewrite. There are several, some may be free but most are commercial applications. The important thing to remember is that it must mimic Apache's mod_rewrite. For example, [http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/ Helicon's ISAPI_Rewrite 3] is commercial. There is a [http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/doc/litever.htm free version] of the program which is limited in that it only allows a single configuration for all sites hosted on the server. To get individual site or directory configurations, you must pay for the full version.